James P Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Good Morning All, Hit the roseville ramp at 4 30 this morning and headed out to the heads. I have never caught a kingie before ( have lost 2) and so last night i went Chatswood bait and tackle and asked what lure i should use for trolling, I picked up a blue and yellow deep diving lure (roughly 5inches) from the reject bin of lures and was told to troll from the Yellow marker around the heads and to Bluefish. So i started trolling and just near north head i saw a boat hooking into some tailor so i thought i would give it a go and started winding in the lure when the rod just stopped, i thought it was snagged untill this thing started charging around like a madman, After a short fight falling all over the boat because i was the only one in it and its only a 4.6m tinnie in the swell i finally landed my first Kingfish, of 62cm, Then kept on trolling around to bluefish, i did a circle then started heading back when BANG off the real goes and i fly to the back of the boat and grab the rod, after a nice little fight i landed a beautiful 68cm Kingie , i was so stoked, then kept trolling back in as petrol was low so i couldnt do too many loops at bluefish. I saw the rod was flicking around a bit so wound it in and there was a 48 cm Srgnt Baker. On the way back the boat was rocking around a lot and i picked up the big fish to put him up in the esky when a wave hit and the fish went bye bye and fell back into the big blue sea but Oh well i didnt mind i was just happy to have caught my first kingies. And hopefully it grows into a big one for next time!!! so i can confrim the kingies are in Sydney Harbour (and that they are topt top fun to catch) Good luck to all over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maraudingmado Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Congrats on your first kingie James Now you have the taste I am sure there will be more reports and hopefully bigger fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Nice one mate awsome stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilm Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Well done mate, I'm still to catch my first kingy. Can't wait! Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvie Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 hows that for a five dollar special... go the discount bin. I wanna brake my duck on sydney kings and it aint far away... reports like this spur me on... well done mate keep the reports up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Well done James and a solo effort at that. Shame you dropped the big one over the side. Now that you have had a taste of there fighting ability, it’s hard not to come back for more. There not bat on the BBQ or in the pan either Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Good work mate... Good sign of things to come, ive gotta get out there soon. and i agree their bloody beaut to eat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phild Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 G day James was out there too today but didnt see you, well done on the two kings mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pugwash Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 where are your Kings Phil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phild Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 arrgghh Captin Im coming to get ya. Nailed another 5 this morning and lost more than that plus a greenback chopper that went 66 and another that went 54. Seek and you will find my good man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James P Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey Phill, You were not on a boat with a red top on it. The only boats your size was one with a red top or a green with double engines one or a big greyish one ( i am not familiar with all the names of the types of boats) with double engines, Did u pick up 5 kingies, Thats a very good effort, And the kingie is going on the BBQ tonight with the family. The way these small ones fight i cant imagine how exciting a 75cm plus kingie would be. If this southerly coming through tomorrow isnt to strong i might try again early sunday. There was also a big school of salmon out the heads which no one seemed to bother with. Go the discount bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunOFun Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Well done mate, good to see all the ducks flying away lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phild Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 No James I was in the white bananna centre consel boat with the with a blue top on. Im not sure they were Sambos mate but there are big schools there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James P Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey Phill I think i may have seen u trolling out past north head in the morning. It was a newish centre console boat. Maybe the school was Kingies, it would explain why they were so timid and it was right near were i got my first one Hmmm i will have to pay more attention to the suface activity next time It was hard to tell though with all the ripples from the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pugwash Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 arrgghh Captin Im coming to get ya. Nailed another 5 this morning and lost more than that plus a greenback chopper that went 66 and another that went 54. Seek and you will find my good man Phil, that is worthy of it's own glorious report! Get typing son, I insist! It will help us to avoid topics such as patriotism and keeping big flatheads! Well done mate, hope there's some left for me tomorrow. Cheers Pete Well done James, you bloody ripper! Try to avoid targetting them now that you have landed your first. They are simply the best! Bad luck on the man overboard story but at least you still had one to bring home. Congrats, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Great Stuff James! You'll never forget your first Kingy, it will keep you coming back for more and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lbgking Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Lure from discount bin $5.00 Fuel for boat $20.00 Hooking up on 2 kings Priceless Well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phild Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey Phill I think i may have seen u trolling out past north head in the morning. It was a newish centre console boat. Maybe the school was Kingies, it would explain why they were so timid and it was right near were i got my first one Hmmm i will have to pay more attention to the suface activity next time It was hard to tell though with all the ripples from the wind. Thats me mate, it was hard but with sambos you will see more of a commotion, there were hardly a ripple from those schools my bet was tailor or bonito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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